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Strokes

鼓

drum, beat, rouse, muster

JLPTN1School grade8Strokes13Frequency#1795
Kun
つづみtsuzumi
On
コkoe.g.太鼓たいこdrum

Kun is the Japanese reading, used when the kanji stands alone with kana after it. On comes from Chinese and is mostly used in compound words.

Radical
鼓drum
Parts
  • 口mouth
  • 士scholar
  • 支branch
  • 豆bean
  • 并
  • 又again
  • 十ten

Used in words

  • 太鼓(たいこ)
    drum

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